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Freakonomics, M.D.

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Do Female Physicians Use a Professional Title?

When a male was introducing a female speaker at the podium, the likelihood that her professional title would be used occur only forty nine % of the time. Aside from being rude, misaddressing female physicians has bigger implications. It encourages tha preconceived power differential, and it can contribute to gender stereotyping.

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